Whether on not you’re a fan of John Green’s work, young adult novels, or just appreciate a good story, The Fault in Our Stars is probably the most unexpectedly delightful film you’ll see this season. Based on Green’s immensely popular novel of the same name it’s an account of three kids dealing with cancer and hard life issues at a young age. It’s about kids with the disease but it’s not about the disease. They, despite their condition, are just as normal as you can expect and still full of life and hope in light of their disease. But the story doesn’t paint a happy-go-lucky picture, just an honest one. Stripped of…
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Interview…Film Composer Joel McNeely Blazes New (and Familiar) Trails Scoring ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’
Joel McNeely is a Primetime Emmy Award-winning composer and conductor with more than 100 motion picture and television credits. He maintains a busy schedule recording, producing, conducting and composing for film. As a composer for film and television, McNeely has worked with such respected filmmakers as James Cameron, John Lasseter, Seth MacFarlane and George Lucas, among others. In addition to composing, conducting and orchestrating the score for A Million Ways to Die in the West, McNeely recently completed producing and arranging Seth MacFarlane’s new Christmas album which will be released this Fall. He also produced and arranged MacFarlane’s first album of big band and orchestral standards, “Music Is Better Than…
